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Test your knowledge of energy and its role in our climate.

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Quiz: Ice and glaciers
Video: Images created from GRACE data showing changes in Greenland ice mass since 2002.
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Greenland ice loss 2002-2016
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Video: Global sea level rise is accelerating incrementally over time rather than increasing at a steady rate.
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The relentless rise of carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.
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Video: total sea level change between 1992 and 2014, based on data collected from the TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1 and Jason-2 satellites.
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Earth's ice cover is shrinking. See how climate change has affected glaciers, sea ice, and continental ice sheets.
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